In truth, there IS a hero in this movie, but it ain’t Sweeney. Duh, I know. And it ain’t Mrs. Lovett with her lovely meat pies… It’s the orphan that Mrs. Lovett takes in. Ooops. I’ve already said too much.

I do feel a certain amount of sympathy for the titular character, but he may have gone a little overboard with the killing and the singing whilst elbow deep in blood. (Obviously fake. Real blood is darker, especially coming from an artery.***

Yes. This is a musical. With blood. Lots of arterial spray all over the place. I guess that means even manly men can watch and enjoy the spectacle of this movie. It’s bloodier than I expected, and even darker than most of Burton’s films, but it is a good film.

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